The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

seem to be afraid to handle them when they
grow up. We would much prefer TO hear
a boy boast of his hard hands than to see
him handle gun with gloved hands while
his parents use the ak, shovel and hoe
Under the caption, 1.-TWO New Hearses,'
the following cheerful advertisement APP
pears in a Georgia contemporary: We now
have two brand new elegant hearses-one
for the white, and one for the colored peo-
pie. These are the handsomest hearses
in the county, and will be furnished with
each coffin or casket bought of us, If de
sired Just received, q large assortment of
burial robes. Our undertaking department
is the largest in middle Georgia. OF us, you
can procure any kind and any size coffin,
casket or metallic case you want. Our un-
dertaker will attend and assist in the burial
of all white persons. Favor us with your
orders, they will be filed promptly, and at
the lowest price.
A dispute has arisen between Ross 81
Storey and the town of Jefferson in regard
to assessing taxes ON the mill property OF
the above named firm. The pond, which
covers sixty acres of the best land in the
county, lies outside Of tho incorporate limits,
while the mill and mill fixtures and twelve
or fifteen acres of land are within the lncor-
porate limits. The town insists on taxing
the whole property, while Ross a. Storey
contend that the land outside is more valu-
able than the property inside Of the limits,
and should thus be considered in assessing
taxes. There may be rule of law which
settles this question, the reading of which
will settle the dispute. Unless settled by
arbitration the courts will be called upon to
settle it,
Statesboro Eagle. A very good story is
ago he, in company with two or three
others, gave gentleman, who lives not far
from here a serenade. The rural country
man did not seem TO like the way in which
his night visitors aroused him from his
calm repose, whereupon the rural country
man discharged the contents of his
gun in the midst of the sere-
naders, frightening the lawyer SO bad that
he jumped out of the wagon, and when the
mules, at a 2:40 gait, had run three-quarters
of a mile toward home, the lawyer had run
two miles. In few minutes the other par
ties came upon him and found him quietly
smoking his pipe. Now, dear reader, don't
think this was Col Shockley.
Friday Adjutant and Inspector General
Kell issued an order appointing Dec. % for
an election for Lieutenant Colonel of the
Ninth Georgia battalion. Five companies
comprise the battalion-the Greene Rifles of
Greensboro, the Madison Home Guards of
Madison, the Ebert Light Infantry of
Elberton, the Walton Guards of Walton
county, and the Gainesville Volunteers Of
Gainesville. An election was ordered and
held on Dec. 10, and Capt w. +. Jones, of
Elberton, was unanimously elected But
all the members participated in the election
under the belief that the provisions of the
code governed the election, whereas the act
of October, 1885, provided that the field
officer should be elected by the commits
stoned officers. The election was therefore,
void. Capt. Jones will be elected.
At Macon, Friday, there was a motion
brought in chambers of the Superior Court
in this city by the attorneys of the Cotton
States Life Insurance Company for an ex-
tension of time granted in which they may
furnish the bond required of them by pre-
vious order of the court. The statement of
the case, in brief, is this: A petition having
been filed by some of the policy holders of
the company for the appointment of a re-
ceiver in the Superior Court of Bibb county,
and the company opposing the petition,
was, on Nov. 20, granted an alternative.
The motion for appointment of receiver
was heard by Judge Richard
H. Clark. Judge Clark ordered that the
defendants be granted time until Friday to
furnish such a bond as would satisfy the
plaintiffs in the motion and properly secure
the policy holders The time having ex-
pired the defendants yesterday moved for
an extension of this probation until after
the annual meeting of the directors and
stockholders of the company, which takes
place on Jan. l. Judge Clark heard the
motion, which was made by Capt. Harry
jackson, and granted the request.